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Dark etching of two emaciated figures straining to hold up a huge tilted stone slab, with a crouched figure at lower left.

Two withered wretches trying to hold up a slab of stone. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

Plate 59 from Goya's Caprichos series shows two gaunt, emaciated figures straining to prop up a huge tilted slab of stone. Dark etched and aquatinted lines and a diagonal composition create a grim, nightmarish mood, with a third crouched figure at lower left.

Artist
Francisco Goya
Date
[1796/1798]
Medium
Caricatures Etchings Aquatints
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2781 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1798.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

Español: Caprichos de Goya, lámina 59: dos figuras sosteniendo una losa

La lámina 59 de la serie Caprichos de Goya muestra dos figuras demacradas que intentan sostener una enorme losa de piedra inclinada. Las líneas oscuras de aguafuerte y aguatinta y la composición diagonal crean un ambiente sombrío y de pesadilla, con una tercera figura agachada a la izquierda.

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